March 26, 2012

Makati City to Davao City

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Makati City to Davao City. From €47.48, fastest 15h 20m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Makati City to Davao City runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:37 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €47.48 and €60.13, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 15h 20m over 1,116 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked 15 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares

€47.48 to €60.13

  • 127%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Makati City

No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.

  • 06:37First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 4Services per day
  • 25%Run direct

Philtranco Service Enterprises runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this journey

Bookaway lists departures for Makati City to Davao City on your date, and you pay on their side.

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €111.44Wed16
  2. about €125.03Thu17
  3. about €107.98Fri18
  4. about €87.63Sat19
  5. about €111.83Sun20
  6. about €72.23Mon21
  7. about €69.48Tue22
  8. about €63.43Wed23
  9. about €78.83Thu24
  10. about €82.83Fri25
  11. about €82.28Sat26
  12. about €86.13Sun27
  13. about €60.13Mon28
  14. about €61.23Tue29
  15. about €60.68Wed30
  16. about €58.48Thu1
  17. about €61.78Fri2
  18. about €60.13Sat3
  19. about €61.23Sun4
  20. about €47.48Mon5
  21. about €55.18Tue6

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

The coach gets you into Davao City. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Davao City for the night the coach gets in

Sort by distance from Davao Metro Shuttle and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Makati City to Davao City

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €49.1390 days
  2. €49.6860 days
  3. €58.4845 days
  4. €58.4830 days
  5. €55.1821 days
  6. €61.2314 days
  7. €69.487 days
  8. €107.983 days
  9. €111.441 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €49.13.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 127 percent. The dearest point is €111.44, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€111.44€49.681371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Makati City to Davao City and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

1,116 km

970 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-east.

Who lives at each end

510,3831,848,947

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

How we know

0/2

2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

Makati CityMakati CityDavaoDavao
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,116 km against 970 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Cagayan de Oro, Cebu City, Calamba, Lapu-Lapu City. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

Davao City is large, and the road in from DVO can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Davao City

Settled in advance, so the ride into Davao City costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

Who runs this route

The coach gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Davao Metro Shuttle

Most of the points near Davao Metro Shuttle open before the first train and shut after the last one.

Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Questions about Makati City to Davao City

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Makati City to Davao City?

The fastest journey from Makati City to Davao City takes 15h 20m door to door, of which 15h 53m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 16h 18m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Makati City to Davao City?

The cheapest fare from Makati City to Davao City is €47.48, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €78.28. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Makati City to Davao City?

The cheapest way from Makati City to Davao City is by coach, at €60.13 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 16h 37m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Makati City to Davao City?

Fares from Makati City to Davao City bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €49.13. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 127 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Makati City to Davao City?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Makati City to Davao City, at €60.13. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 15 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Makati City to Davao City?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Makati City to Davao City, at €40.32 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Makati City to Davao City?

1 operators sell services from Makati City to Davao City across 1 mode: Philtranco Service Enterprises. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Makati City to Davao City?

20 percent of the services we sell from Makati City to Davao City are direct. The rest connect at Cagayan de Oro, Cebu City, Calamba, Lapu-Lapu City, with about 53 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Makati City to Davao City use?

Services from Makati City to Davao City by coach leave from Buendia and arrive at Davao Metro Shuttle. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Makati City to Davao City?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Makati City to Davao City allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Makati City to Davao City on 15 September 2026: 1116 km of route against 970 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €47.48, and 15h 20m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Davao City a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Davao City and across Philippines

Day trips that leave Davao City in the morning and cover a good part of Philippines by evening.

Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.

The two ends, compared

Makati City reaches 31 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 40 to 970 km. Davao City reaches 24 places in 2 countries, from 42 to 2,497 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Makati City

  • 31Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 35Operators

Arriving in Davao City

Leaving Davao City

  • 24Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 9Operators

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